-----Original Message-----clairgrant71--- via Info-vaxSent: April 3, 2017 4:44 PMSubject: [Info-vax] State of the Port to x86_64 April 2017http://vmssoftware.com/updates.htmlThere were big plans for this update - its own page, links to

previous

updates, and more - but it appears none of that happened. Maybenext time.

Cool stuff .. really like the direction of the Alpha to X86-64 binarytranslator and after that, the Itanium to X86-64 translator.

Imho, these will make it much easier for Cust's to move off legacy HWand onto OpenVMS X86-64.

For many (most?) of these existing Alpha Cust's, their peak timeworkloads are often less than 25% in peak periods. Hence, as long asthe translated performance on new X86-64 HW is similar to theircurrent performance, it will be a big win because getting rid ofaging, expensive and no longer supported HW will be what their focusis.

Post by c***@gmail.comhttp://vmssoftware.com/updates.htmlThere were big plans for this update - its own page, links to previous updates, and more - but it appears none of that happened. Maybe next time.

This is great news. While I recently have become a fan of Itanium2, the future of OpenVMS (as well as most s/w things on the planet) depend on x86-64 were there is safety in numbers.

Post by c***@gmail.comhttp://vmssoftware.com/updates.htmlThere were big plans for this update - its own page, links to previous updates, and more - but it appears none of that happened. Maybe next time.